Figure 2. The development of the mean severity of grief symptoms for each class.
The red, green, and black lines denote the chronic, recover, and resilient trajectories respectively. Items reflect the following symptoms: (1) recurrent thoughts, (2) emotional pain, (3) yearning, (4) confusion about one’s role in life (5) difficulties accepting the loss (6) avoidance of reminders (7) difficulties trusting others, item (8) bitterness/ anger (9) difficulty moving on with life, item (10) feeling numb (11) life is empty/ meaningless (12) feeling stunned, shocked (13) subjective impairment.